Battle of Flaucourt

The Battle of Flaucourt (8 July 1918) was a battle of World War I that occurred when the Allied forces of Canada, France, and the United States launched an offensive against the German trenches in the Picardy region of northern France. The first four regiments sent to attack the Germans were three French Army regiments and one Canadian regiment, and the Canadians were later withdrawn and replaced with a British Army regiment so that they could resupply. The British and the French launched ferocious assaults against the Germans, who defended their trench bravely. Later, the Canadians returned to replace the British, and they would be replaced by the US Marine Corps when American reinforcements arrived to assist the Allied offensive. The Allies would fail in their assaults against the Germans, but the German counterattacks would fare no better. In the end, the battle was a draw, with each side's attacks failing.